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Rosie O’Donnell says Ellison-run CNN would be ‘tragic,’ invokes Nazi analogy

ROSIE uses Nazi analogy to describe CBS' Bari Weiss: "If you're in a room with 10 Nazis at a table, and you're the only one who's not, there's a pretty good chance you're a Nazi."

August 19, 2026

Summer box office tops $4.2 billion, surpasses 2019 pace

Movie theater chains across the country are wrapping up a summer that generated more than $4.2B in domestic ticket sales, running about 5.7% ahead of the pre-pandemic summer of 2019 and on track to rank among the five biggest summers of all time.

August 19, 2026

Chinese national sentenced to 15 years for laundering $92 million for cartels

U.S. District Judge Susan C. Rodriguez sentenced a Chinese national to 15 years in prison and ordered him to forfeit $25 million for his role in a Chinese money laundering organization that laundered more than $92 million in illicit funds.

August 19, 2026

Royce White files formal WNBA Draft declaration with Matt Gaetz as counsel

Former NBA player Royce White has officially filed paperwork to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft, with former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz signing on as his legal counsel in the notice sent to the league office this week. "We have a right to be included and follow our dreams," White said.

August 19, 2026

Bronx man charged with hate crimes in Manhattan synagogue attack, DOJ says

Larry Montes, 46, of the Bronx, has been charged with two federal hate crime counts and one count of damage to religious property resulting in bodily injury following an alleged attack during Shabbat services at a Manhattan synagogue, the Justice Department announced.

August 19, 2026

Cunningham answers Toronto boos with hot shooting in Fever win

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham was repeatedly booed by sections of the Toronto crowd Tuesday night, but her play and her response afterward turned heads.

August 19, 2026

DOJ charges 17 in Iran-linked Mabna Institute university hacking case

A 14-count superseding indictment unsealed today charges 17 alleged members of the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company, with participating in a years-long cyber-intrusion campaign targeting 144 U.S. universities, 178 foreign universities, at least 42 U.S. private-sector companies, at least 11 foreign companies, at least five U.S. federal and state government agencies, and at least two nongovernmental organizations, according to the Justice Department.

August 19, 2026

‘Dune: Part Three’ IMAX ticket rush crashes AMC, Fandango sites

Fans trying to lock down premium seats for "Dune: Part Three" ran into a wall of site crashes and server errors Tuesday as a new wave of IMAX 70mm tickets went on sale for the film's December opening.

August 19, 2026

Kentucky charcoal company owner pleads guilty to faking emissions data

The owner of a Kentucky charcoal production company pleaded guilty to falsifying air emissions data, the Justice Department announced.

August 19, 2026

David Krumholtz takes indefinite break from acting

Actor David Krumholtz, best known for playing Bernard the elf in "The Santa Clause" franchise, announced this week that he is stepping away from acting indefinitely, citing burnout with Hollywood's current pay structure: "Frustrated, fed up, fried."

August 19, 2026

Police probe potential criminal conduct in Hayden Panettiere death

Police are investigating whether criminal conduct played a role in the death of actress Hayden Panettiere.

August 19, 2026

Marc Jacobs offers to style Luigi Mangione, calls him a trendsetter

Fashion designer Marc Jacobs said he would be willing to dress Luigi Mangione for trial and called the convicted killer a trendsetter, during a sit-down for Vanity Fair's Lie Detector Test.

August 19, 2026

Pentagon reviews nuclear weapons policy amid China’s ‘breathtaking’ missile buildup

The Pentagon is rewriting its nuclear weapons guidance to give the president more options in a crisis. One official's biggest fear: a regional war that spirals into nuclear conflict.

August 19, 2026

5 questions about Amazon’s drone delivery expansion

Millions more shoppers could soon see their Amazon orders arrive by drone, as the company plans to expand deliveries to nearly 500 U.S. cities by year's end.

August 19, 2026

Massachusetts mayor’s lawyer ignites fury with ‘he doesn’t speak English’ claim amid fraud case

A video of Lawrence, Massachusetts, Mayor Brian DePena's lawyer telling reporters "he doesn't speak English, no comment" has set off a social media storm, overshadowing the federal fraud case that prompted the exchange in the first place.

August 18, 2026

Australian PM Anthony Albanese slams states for stalling on national gun buyback

Australian PM Anthony Albanese criticized several states over the weekend for declining to join his government's national gun buyback program, arguing that inconsistent state licensing systems were undermining the effort to get firearms off the streets.

August 18, 2026

CDC reveals cruise ships with worst sanitation scores of 2026

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program conducts unannounced inspections of cruise ships to help the industry prevent and control public health issues, and the agency's latest data show seven vessels landing at the bottom of this year's rankings.

August 18, 2026

WNBA admits fans wrongly told to cover shirts in trans debate

The WNBA acknowledged in a statement Monday that fans should have been free to wear shirts referencing the debate over transgender athletes during Sunday's game between the Atlanta Dream and the Indiana Fever, after at least three spectators were confronted by league security at State Farm Arena.

August 18, 2026

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies at 77

Frank Beard, the Texas-bred drummer who anchored ZZ Top for more than five decades, has died. He was 77.

August 18, 2026

Rep. Randy Fine caught sifting through voter’s mailbox while canvassing

Rep. Randy Fine was caught on a homeowner's doorbell camera opening a stranger's mailbox and flipping through the contents while canvassing ahead of Tuesday's Republican primary.

August 18, 2026